Georg Hegel Quotes

Truth in philosophy means that concept
and external reality correspond.

A philosophy without heart and a faith without intellect are
abstractions from the true life of knowledge and faith.

Education is the art of making man ethical.

The state of man's mind, or the elementary phase of mind which
he so far possesses, conforms precisely to the state of the world as he
so far views it.
Only through the realization of great goals does a person reveal
his
strong
character.

What is reasonable is real; that which is real is reasonable.

Poetry is the universal art of the spirit which has become
free in itself and which is not tied down for its realization to
external sensuous material; instead, it launches out exclusively in the
inner space and the inner time of ideas and feelings.

An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a
property of thinking. To generalize means to think.

The significance of that 'absolute commandment' - know thyself
- whether we look at it in itself or under the historical circumstances
of its first utterance - is not to promote mere self-knowledge in
respect of the particular capacities, character, propensities, and
foibles of the single self. The knowledge it commands means that of
man's genuine reality - of what is essentially and ultimately true and
real - of spirit as the true and essential being.

When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to
observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests
which is thereby designated.

The essence of the modern state is the union of the universal
with the full freedom of the particular, and with the welfare of
individuals.

Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any
heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions.

America is therefore the land of the future, where, in the
ages that lie before us, the burden of the World's History shall reveal
itself.

Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives
no help.

The force of mind is only as great as its expression; its
depth only as deep as its power to expand and lose itself.
What experience and history teach is this - that nations and
governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any
lessons they might have drawn from it.

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in
states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.

World history is a court of judgment.

Impatience
asks for the impossible, wants to reach the goal
without the means of getting there.

To be aware of limitations is already to be beyond them.

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right
and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.